Agreed. A universal "back door" will be such a high-value target that a lot of people will expend a lot of resources to figure out a way to compromise it. Even if it is very technically sound there are always human exploits that will work. Of course, we all trust our public servants 100%, and that would never happen!

Agreed. A universal "back door" will be such a high-value target that a lot of people will expend a lot of resources to figure out a way to compromise it. Even if it is very technically sound there are always human exploits that will work. Of course, we all trust our public servants 100%, and that would never happen!

Well said.
I'm worried Fastmail will be forced to something like that...